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Lesson 8 AW

acrimonious bitter and sharp in language or tone
amicable characterized b or exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; friendly
ascetic a person who renounces material comforts and leads a life of self-discipline in appearance, manner, or attitude
bellicose war-like or hostile in manner or temperament
captious marked by a disposition to find and point out trivial faults
compliant disposed or willing to comply; submissive
corporeal of, relating to, or characteristic of physical body
denounce to condemn openly as being evil or reprehensible
disconsolate seeming beyond consolation; exteremely dejected
efficacy power or capacity to produce a desired effect; effectivess
erudite learned
extreicate to release from an entanglement or difficulty; disentagle
gaffe a clumsy social error, a faux paw
hidebound stubbornly narrow-minded
inane lacking sense or substance; empty
innocuous having no adverse effect; harmless
juxtaposition the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side
mercenary motivated solely by a desire for monetary or material gain
novelty something new and unusual; an innovation
ostentatious pretentious or showy
peripheral related to, located in, or constituting an outer boundary
precarious dangerously lacking in security or stability; dependent on the will of another
provocative tending to provoke or stimulate
rejuvenate to restore to youthful vigor or appearance
rigorous rigidly strict or harsh
servile of or befitting a slave or menial position
stringent tight, constricted
tenacious not easily pulled apart
vacuous devoid of matter; empty
volatile likely to shift quickly and unpredictably
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